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No. 361,442. Patented Apr. 19, 1887.

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JUNiTED STATES PATENT Orricn.

JOSEPH NnUBaA-ND, ON LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK.

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SPECIEICATION forming 'part of Letters Patent No.'361,442, dated April19, 1887.

I Applcation'filed October 14, |886. Serial NdA-210,191. (No model.)

\ tion, and thus is'under full control of the per son occupying the car.

The invention consists in the combination, with a tubular vballoon','ofa propeller-wheel mounted in the bore. of the balloon and connected withpulleys. and'ropes for operating it from theV car, all as will be fullydescribed l and set forth hereinafter', and finally be pointed out inthe claims.vv v

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of my improvedballoon, parts broken out. Fig. 2 is an endview. Figs. 3 and 4 are sideviews showing the" same in different positions. Fig.'5isa detail view ofthe cai-or basket. l. i v i {Similar letters 'of reference indicatecorre- Ther-balloon G is made tubular, and has.V a

` bore, B, extending from nd to end. On a ofthe balloon,

transverse bar at leach end of the balloona rudder, A, is pivoted, an'd-to the middle of the swinging end of each rudder two ropes, a, arefastened and extend -down to thexcar or carriage D, provided withatransverse shaft, M, carrying at each end a pulley, N, over which anendless rope, E, passes, saidendless ropes also passing over pulleys Oat the sides at 'the centerv of the same, the pulleys O beingfastened'to the ends of a shaft, I), passed transversely through theballoon, from which shaft l? motion is'transmitted,by means of gearingor other device, to a shaft, Q, journaled Within the bore of the balloonin i cross-pieces R in said bore. These cross-pieces R are connected attheir opposite ends for revolving to the inner frame of theballoon-body. One or more propeller-wheels, S', are mounted on the shaftQ in the bore of the balloon. v

A power-transmitting gear, T, is provided, the shaft N from the car orbasket. To each end of .the balloonp two ropes,

M, are fastened,- which extend down to the car or basket D. The basketor car D is thus suspended'from-the balloon by means of endless ropes E.

By revolving the shaft M from the car the pulleys N are rotated, andfrom the same, by means of endless ropes E, the pulleys O, shafts 'P andQ, and wheels S in the balloon are rof tated, whereby the balloon ispropelled. By means of ropes a any desired inclination can be giventothe'rudders A, and the balloonY th ussteered-in the desired di rection.

When a rudder is to be inclined in a certain direction, thecorresponding rope, a, is drawn taut 'and fastened on the car orbasket,and the other one released correspondingly.

to ascend or desired at an inelinaton,the4 ropes' m at one end aretightened, so as to pull down released, so as to permit said end toswing up. The body ofthe balloon for containing the 'gas may comprise a-single annular chamber, as illustrated in Fig. 1, or it may comprise aseries of smaller ltubes arranged in annular se'- ries, as shown bydotted linesin Fig. 3.

Having thus describedmy invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby 'Letters Patent- 1. rEhe combination, with a tubular balloon thecentral bore of which is open at both ends, of propellenwheels mountedinsaid bore, substantially as described. Y

' 2. A tubular balloon-body having a central bore open at bothends, incombination with t transverse bars vin its bore, a longitudinal shaftjournaled in said transverse bars, propeller-wheels onv the longitudinalshaft, and mechanism, substantially as described, for revolving saidshaft from the car.

3. The combination, with a tubular balloonbody having a centrallongitudinal bore, of a longitudinal-shaft journaled in the bore of saidballoon-body, propeller Vwheels or wingsv on said shaft, atrausverseshaft extending through the balloon and provided on its endswith pu-lleys, and ropes passing over said pulleys and said end, and-theropes at the other end are vwhen it is desired that' the balloon shanIOC extending down to the cal', substantially as de scribedi i Y, myinvention I have signed my name in pres- 4. The combination/F with aballoon'body ence of two subscribing witnesses. having a centrallongitudinal bore', of a'rudder I l JOSEPH' NEUBRAND. 5 at each end ofsaid bore, and ropes kextending Y f Witnesses:

from s'aid rudders to thecar, 'substantially as PAUL GOEPEL,

described. CARL KARP.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing s4

